Austin Strobel

Experience

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  Centro Hispano de East Tennessee

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2019

  Assistant

  Assistant for Knox County 4-H Healthy Living Ambassador at Norwood Elementary in Knoxville, TN

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  National Mu Alpha Theta

  Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

  Mathematics Tutor

  Broke down geometry and algebra concepts into easily-understood formats

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  Town of Farragut

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  Youth Representative - Municipal Planning Committee
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  Leadership Knoxville

  Aug 2020 - May 2021

  Youth Leadership Representative
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  Hack4Impact

  Oct 2022 - Apr 2023

  Frontend Developer

  Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to expand the front-end and back-end for the Sustainable Future Center’s website

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  Tennessee Reading Research Center

  Nov 2022 - Jan 2023

  User Interface Developer

  I upgraded the user interface for the Tennessee Reading Research Center's ticketing site. I worked alongside other web developers and a data scientist.

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  Kroger Technology & Digital

  Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  The team I am part of is using computer vision algorithms on Jetson Nano devices by NVIDIA for various applications, including generating performance metrics for YOLOv5 and tracking the number of people in a certain area. I used NVIDIA Omniverse Audio2Face to develop elementary conversational AI. Along with this configuration, I also proposed several ideas as to how this conversational AI could be implemented in Kroger stores across the country. The end goal of the Avatar project is to create conversational AI that customers can interact with to find items in Kroger stores.

  • Computer Vision Intern

    May 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Natural Language Processing Intern

    Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
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  Techstars

  Mar 2023 - now

  Intern

  Working alongside startups to develop their marketing and technology strategies

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  Heath Integrated Business & Engineering Program

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Cohort Member

  Member of the Heath Integrated Business and Engineering Program (IBEP), which emphasizes reducing the silos of business and engineering, increasing collaboration and understanding.

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  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  High Performance Machine Learning Researcher

  Conducted research at the University of Utah concerning trust and reproducibility in intelligent computation as it relates to high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and wireless networking. Conducted research in high-performance machine learning and parallel programming. Made benchmarks for the following algorithms: Matrix-Vector Multiplication, 1D Convolution, 2D Convolution, and Transposed Gemm.

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  Globe Life American Income Division: Surace Smith Bendure Hartwig Organization

  Nov 2023 - Jan 2024

  Insurance Sales Intern

  Certified in Life and Health Insurance in Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky. Made sales pitches and formulated insurance plans for union members, as well as collecting referrals.